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minus-squareSon_of_dad@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·8 months agoAnyone else notice how insane expensive phones have gotten in the last couple of years?
minus-squarealuminium@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·8 months agoNo? The spectrum just got way wider. you can still buy 150$ phone, no problemo, its just gonna be a piece of junk. But same was true 10 years. Only thing that changed is that back in the day 300 - 400 phones gave you 90% of the experience of the 800 - 1000 phones. Thats different now.
minus-squareSon_of_dad@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·8 months agoWell your second paragraph is the meat of what I mean. A $300 phone now is shit, whereas 5 years ago you could get a decent one. You gotta get to the $600+ (Canadian) to find anything that’s decent now
Anyone else notice how insane expensive phones have gotten in the last couple of years?
No? The spectrum just got way wider. you can still buy 150$ phone, no problemo, its just gonna be a piece of junk. But same was true 10 years.
Only thing that changed is that back in the day 300 - 400 phones gave you 90% of the experience of the 800 - 1000 phones. Thats different now.
Well your second paragraph is the meat of what I mean. A $300 phone now is shit, whereas 5 years ago you could get a decent one. You gotta get to the $600+ (Canadian) to find anything that’s decent now